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Wateraid asks urgent action on menstrual health

As the world marks the 2025 menstrual hygiene day, Wateraid Nigeria has requested the national recognition of menstrual health as a human right, not a privilege. The organization urged governments, schools and communities to break the silence around menstruation and...

Tamunomini Makinde, Ambassador decorated for HPV vaccination in Oyo

• My dream is that each girl is protected The wife of the governor of the state of Oyo, the engineer Tamunominini Makinde, has been decorated as a state ambassador for HPV vaccination with the aim of empowering adolescents and...

More than 220,000 residents benefit from the state health insurance scheme – Kogi Govt

The Kogi state government has revealed that 220,495 citizens are registered under their health insurance plan, a historical achievement aimed at making medical care more accessible and affordable throughout the state. This was revealed in a statement issued Wednesday by...

Don advocates for the reforms of health policies, early diagnosis to combat heart disease

The professor of cardiovascular medicine, Adeseye Akintunde, has advocated early diagnosis and comprehensive national policies to address the growing burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in sub -Saharan Africa. Akintunde made the call while delivered the 64th Inaugural Conference of the...

1.2 billion people affected by world infertility – expert

The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Mother Theresa Specialist Hospital and Fertility Center, Asaba Delta State Dr. Charles Eromosele Uhioh has revealed that 1,200 million people in the world suffer infertility. Expressing concern for the alarming rate of the health condition...

Maternal mortality: FMH, Swap Activate 56 Mamii Centers throughout the country

The Office of Coordination of the National Sector (SWAP) approach under the Federal Ministry of Health (FMH) has revealed that from 172 local government areas with more cases of maternal mortality, activated 56 innovation centers and initiative to reduce...

World Obstetric Fistula Day: MSF performs 4,931 free VVF surgeries in Jigawa

The Médecins Sans Frontières, doctors without borders (MSF) have performed free vesicovaginal surgeries (VVF) to 4,931 patients at the Jahun VVF center in Jigawa from 2008 to date. This was revealed by the Medical Activities Manager, the MSF project, Jahun...

Fungi that can 'eat from inside out' could extend as the world is heated – scientists

Scientists have warned that mortal fungi that infect humans and kill millions every year will extend to new parts of the world as world temperatures increase. The researchers from the University of Manchester, the United Kingdom, used computer models to...

Nigeria launches a larger oncological diagnostic center in West Africa

Nigeria will revolutionize his panorama of cancer attention with the establishment of the largest network of oncology and diagnosis of Western Africa. According to Prof. Muhammed Ali Pate, Minister of Health and Social Welfare Coordinator, in its Handle X, @muhammadPate,...

Don Canvssses Legal Framework for Cardiovascular Care

A renowned scholar in cardiovascular medicine at the Technological University of Apartake Akintola (Lautech), Ogbomoso, Professor Adseye Abiodun Akintunde, has charged the Nigerian government to develop and promulgate a legal framework for policies that will improve cardiovascular care in...
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Banks await CBN clearance as audit delays leave investors without key earnings data

Investors in some of Nigeria's largest listed banks are facing a growing information gap as delays in the completion...
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